Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Hi there! Hope you all over on east coast and surrounding area's are doing alright!
Here it is time for What If Wednesday at Repeat Impressions.

Wendy provided us with this great sketch.

Here is my take on it. I flipped the image so I could work in this fabulous image in my card. I used " Great Blue Heron" #1704W by Repeat Impressions. I also used the "Monaco Butterfly" #107W also by Repeat Impressions. I sponged the back ground with Memento ink and colored the Heron and butterfly with Copic's and Prisma pencils, The dies are from Spellbinder's and I used a white gel pen on the water.

Hope you can join us for this month challenges and look forward to seeing what you come up with. You can find all the info on this challenge here at The House That Stamps Built.

Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the rest of the rock stars have.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Good morning! Today's stamp of the week is "Black Cat" #2322W at Repeat Impressions. With Halloween almost here I'm happy to have one more to show you. The Black Cat image was stamped with black Memento ink, I added yellow to the eyes and used a white gel marker to create the claws. The background was sponged with memento inks. The other images are the "BOO" #2316W, "BATS" #2308W, "ROUND PUMPKIN" #2318W and the face in the pumpkin is "Satisfied" #2324 all stamps are from Repeat Impressions. You can find all info on getting the SOTW Black Cat at half price here at The House That Stamps Built.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Hello! Are you ready for a fun challenge? This week is Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions. Joyce has ask that we make anything but a card. For my sample I decided to make some treat boxes for some special little trick or treaters.
I used Spellbinder's Grand template "Square Petal Top Box". Pretty easy to do and you can whip out a few in no time. I decorated the box using Repeat Impressions sentiment stamp " Boo" #2316W cut around it and sponged a little memento London Fog attached it to some black card stock , front and back. I cut out some sparkly netting and filled it with candy. Tied a ribbon and attached the cut out pumpkin image. The pumpkin is "Round Pumpkin" #2318W and the cute face image is "Satisfied" #2324W, I colored the image with Copic's.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Hi there! welcome to the CSS Alumni Gina K. Design blog hop for October. This month is a sketch challenge is provided by Melissa Cash. Now you should have come here from the talented Cheri'sblog.

Now my first card I used Theresa Momber's fabulous stamp set " Under The Sea" by Gina K. Designs, Theresa has some awesome tutorials on using her stamps. You can find them here

The stamps, card stock and ribbon is by Gina K. Designs. The images were colored with Copic's and I used a Versamarker and clear embossing on the shell of the turtles and cut them out. The DP is B0-Bunny. The sponging is with Memento. I also used a white gel pen and some pop-dots.

Here is a close-up of the turtle shell.

I love Melanie Muenchinger's Stately flower sets, so easy to color and great for any occasion. The images in this set by Melanie is " Stately Flowers 4" byGina K. Designs as is the card stock and ribbon. I colored the image with Copic's. The die is Spellbinder's and I sponged it with Memento's.

Here is a closeup of the flowers.

Now do I have you in the mood to spend some time on the warm sands of a tropical island ? I say that as we are getting our first snow flakes this year.

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (October 30), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

The next stop along the way is the super talented Joy, she will inspire us for sure. Hope you can join us in this fun hop and if you would like to start at the beginning, you can find it here at Stamp TV.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Hello there! Sure can tell that fall is here with all the beautiful leaves in trees and in my yard!! Now the pine needles they look so much better in the trees than my yard!! So the SOTW is none other than this gorgeous "Pine Branch" #2708W by Repeat Impressions. I love this stamp and will use this image often. You can find all the info about getting this stamp at a discount at the "House That Stamps Built".
The sentiment, all though not the SOTW, also by Repeat Impressions "For The Beauty" #3213W was perfect fit for my card.

I stamped the image three time on some DP I had in my ever growing pile of scrap paper and colored with Copic's.

Be sure to take a peek at the other Rock Star's samples for more inspiration.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Hi there! Welcome to Repeat Impressions designer's choice challenge. This week Christy has ask us to make a card using the masking technique. I do this a lot and love it!!

This gorgeous image is " Rebecca" #708W by Repeat Impressions. I colored the image with Copic's and DP is My Mind eye. I used masking to create the background. I drew the birds in the background to give the feeling of depth. Hope you can join us and you can find all the info on the challenge at The House That Stamps Built

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Hi, I'm back with another card. This is for the STV challenge my friend Linda is hosting. To make a card with flowers, well I can't pass that up!!! LOL Love to color flowers.
I used two of Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets. " Stately Flowers 3" and "Buds & Vases" both are Gina K. Stamps.
I colored the flowers with Copic's and the vase with Prisma Pencils. All card stock is by GKD. The DP is Authentique. I stamped the vase right on the DP and lightly sanded in the vase to give it a muted look.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Good morning! Here it is Oct. already and time to make a few Halloween cards.It's What If ? Wednesday challenge at The House That Stamps Built, this the blog for Repeat Impressions.

Here is Wendy's fun sketch

Here is my take on the sketch. The background DP is from Michael's and the die of the house is by Spellbinder's. I made the crescent moon using a circle punch from SU. Then punching it again, then sponged it.
I used this really cute image "Halloween Witch" #817Wand "Bats" #2308W from Repeat Impressions. The witch was colored with Copic's and cut out. I stamped the bats radomly with Memento' ink.

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About Me

Hi, I live up in the mountains of northern California. I'm a retired hairdresser. I have a great husband and two wonderful grown daughters and two grand kids that I'm very proud of. I've only been into making cards since 2009 but I've always been into art of some kind. I hope you enjoy my blog.